TO THE VICTORIA & GEORGE CROSS

Denny joined the Army from Elmira, New York, and by September 18, 1879 was serving as a Sergeant in Company C of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On that day, his unit participated in an engagement at Las Animas Canyon, New Mexico, and Denny "[r]emoved a wounded comrade, under a heavy fire, to a place of safety." For his actions, Sergeant Denny was awarded the Medal of Honor two years later, on November 27, 1891.

MOH CITATION:

Removed a wounded comrade, under a heavy fire, to a place of safety.

BURIAL LOCATION: US SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN'S NATIONAL CEMETERY, WASHINGTON DC.